• CRC Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award (2001)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship (2002)
• ACS Undergraduate Student Travel Award to National Meeting (2003)
• College Chemistry Award from The Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (2004)
• ACS Analytical Chemistry Award (2004)
• Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (2004)
• UMB Pharmaceutical Sciences Competitive Department Merit Award (2007-2008)
• UMB Pharmaceutical Sciences Competitive Departmental Fellowship Award (2007-2008)

Selected Leadership Postions:

University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)

• Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program Steering Committee - Student Member

• Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Student Association (PGSA) Vice-President (2005-2006)

• UMB - American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Student Chapter Event's Coordinator (2005-2006)

American Chemical Society (ACS) - Maryland Section

• Committee Chair - MD ACS Student Grants (December 2006 - present)

• Student Affiliate Liaison to the Executive Committee (May 2006 - present)

• 2007 Election Committee

Publications:

1. Koek W, Chen W, Mercer SL,  Coop A, France CP: Discriminative Stimulus Effects of γ- Hydroxybutyrate: Role of training Dose. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 2006, 317, 409-417.
    
2. Mercer SL, Hassan HE, Cunningham CW, Eddington ND, Coop A.  Opioids and Efflux Transporters. 1. P-Glycoprotein Substrate Activity of N-Substituted Analogs of Meperidine.  Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2007, 17, 1160-1162.
    
3. Koek W, Mercer SL, Coop A.  Cataleptic Effects of GHB, its Precursor GBL, and GABA_B Agonists: Differential Antagonism by CGP35348. J Psychopharmacol. 2007, 192, 407-414.
    
4. Mercer SL, Shaikh J, Traynor JR, Matsumoto RR, Coop A.  Nitrile analogs of meperidine as high affinity and selective sigma-1 receptor ligands.  Eur. J. Med. Chem. Accepted.
    
5. Hassan HE, Mercer SL, Cunningham CW, Coop A, and Eddington ND.  Evaluation of the P-glycoprotein affinity status of a series of novel and currently available morphine analogs: comparative study with meperidine analogs to identify opioids with minimal P-gp interactions.  Int. J. Pharm. Sci. In Review.
    
6. Cunningham CW, Mercer SL, Hassan HE, Traynor JR, Eddington ND, Coop A.  Part 2:  P-Glycoprotein substrate activity of 3- and 6-substituted morphine analogs. J Med Chem. In Review.

Abstracts, Posters, Preliminary, and Miscellaneous Reports:

1. SL Mercer, CW Cunningham, H Hassan, ND Eddington, A Coop.  The Relative Activity of Meperidine Analogs as P-glycoprotein Substrates.  University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Pharmacy Annual Research Day.  Baltimore, MD.  May 2006.
    
2. CW Cunningham, SL Mercer, H Hassan, ND Eddington, A Coop.  Effect of 3- and 6-substitution on P-gp substrate activity of morphine analogs.  University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Pharmacy Annual Research Day, Baltimore, MD.  May 2006.
    
3. Mercer SL, Cunningham CW, Hassan H, Eddington ND, Coop A.  The relative activity of opioids as P-glycoprotein substrates.  The College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Scottsdale, AZ. June 2006.
    
4. CW Cunningham, H Hassan, SL Mercer, ND Eddington, A Coop.  Diminished P-gp substrate activity of 3- and 6-substituted morphine analogs.  International Narcotics Research Conference, Minneapolis, MN.  July 2006.

 
5. SL Mercer, CW Cunningham, H Hassan, ND Eddington, A Coop.  The relative activity of meperidine analogs as P-glycoprotein substrates.  International Narcotics Research Conference, Berlin, Germany.  July 2007.